Old Photograph Heave Awa Lads' Memorial Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Heave Awa Lads' memorial above Paisley Close in Edinburgh, Scotland. On 24 November, 1861, the 250 year-old houses at 99 and 103 High Street, on the Royal Mile, collapsed. 35 of the occupants were killed but as the debris was being cleared away, a young Scot was heard to shout out from within the collapsed building " Heave awa' lads, I'm no deid yet ".



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